Notice of Complete Zoning By-law Amendment Application and Public Meeting – Municipally Initiated Zoning By-law Amendment – Tuesday, June 3, 2025

A public meeting will be held in hybrid format via Zoom on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at 6 p.m. to consider a proposed zoning by-law amendment under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.13.

The Municipality of Mississippi Mills has received the following zoning by-law amendment request (details below).

File Number: D14-MM5-25

Owner: Municipally initiated zoning by-law amendment

Affected lands: All lands within the urban settlement area of Almonte (no map attached)

Purpose and intent of the zoning by-law amendment: As part of the Municipality’s Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) agreement with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the proposed zoning by-law amendment seeks to amend Zoning By-law #11-83 to permit four units as-of-right per residential lot within areas of Almonte. The specific areas under consideration are still being finalized and will be shared with the public as part of the upcoming consultation process.

This amendment proposes to build on the provisions of the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 and subsequent provincial legislation, which currently allows three units as-of-right per residential lot across Ontario. For more information regarding the Municipality’s HAF initiatives, please visit our website: https://www.mississippimills.ca/haf

Public meeting details: Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at 6 p.m. Hybrid meeting – please contact the planner noted below to participate.

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC MEETING before Council, please send an email to the assigned planner noted below with the subject line “D14-MM5-25 Registered Speaker Request.” The maximum allotted time per delegation will be 5 minutes.

IF YOU WISH TO VIEW THE PUBLIC HEARING ONLINE, please follow this link to the Municipality’s web page: https://calendar.mississippimills.ca/council. When the meeting is live, this link will give you viewing privileges only, there will be no opportunity to speak via this link.

IF YOU WISH TO VIEW THE MEETING IN-PERSON, you may attend the hybrid Council meeting during the above noted time held in the Municipality of Mississippi Mills Municipal Office, 3131 Old Perth Road, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0. If you wish to speak at the public meeting, please contact the assigned planner noted below to participate.

IF YOU WISH TO BE NOTIFIED of the decision of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills on the proposed zoning by-law amendment, you must make a written request to the Municipality of Mississippi Mills, 14 Bridge Street, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0 or by emailing a written request to the assigned planner noted below.

IF A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at the virtual public meeting or make written submissions to Municipality of Mississippi Mills before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

IF A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Municipality of Mississippi Mills before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

AFTER A DECISION has been made by Council, persons wishing to formally register an objection must, regardless of any previous submissions, file a Notice of Appeal with the Clerk of the Municipality, setting out the objection and the reasons in support of the objection accompanied with the appeal fee to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

IF YOU ARE THE OWNER OF A BUILDING WITH SEVEN (7) OR MORE RESIDENTS, it is requested that you post this notice in a location visible to all of the residents.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION about this application is available on the Municipality’s web page: https://www.mississippimills.ca/build-and-invest/planning-and-land-use/active-planning-notices-and-applications/

For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the assigned planner:

Drew Brennan, Senior Planner
Municipality of Mississippi Mills
14 Bridge Street, P.O. Box 400
Almonte, ON K0A 1A0
613-256-2064
dbrennan@mississippimills.ca